Váli (son of Odin)

In Norse mythology, Váli is a son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr. He was birthed for the sole purpose of killing Höðr as revenge for Höðr's accidental murder of his half-brother, Baldr. He grew to full adulthood within one day of his birth, and slew Höðr. Váli is fated to survive Ragnarök.The Váli myth is referred to in Baldrs draumar:Rindr will bear Váliin western halls;that son of Óðinnwill kill when one night old—he will not wash hand,nor comb head,before he bears to the pyreBaldr's adversary. - Ursula Dronke's translationAnd in Völuspá:There formed from that stem,which was slender-seeming,a shaft of anguish, perilous:Hǫðr started shooting.A brother of Baldrwas born quickly:he started—Óðinn's son—slaying, at one night old.
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